Without Memory (1996)
A father loses his short-term memory as a result of a botched medical procedure, which causes him to develop Wernicke's Encephalopathy. Kore-eda chronicles his family’s fight to receive proper treatment and benefits from this devastating malpractice.
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Hiroshi Sekine as Self |
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Miwa Sekine as Self |
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Taku Sekine as Self |
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Yû Sekine as Self |
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Toshihiro Ôuchi as Self |
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Kazuto Yasuda as Self |
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Yukio Suzuki as Self |
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Hideo Sakata as Self |
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Nao Sekine as Self |
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James Naughton as Self - Narrator (voice: English version) |
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Shigeru Honda as Self (uncredited) |
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Hirokazu Kore-eda as Self - Narrator (uncredited) |
| Production | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Producer |
| Camera | Hiroko Baba | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Shigeru Honda | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Director |
| Writing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Writer |
| Editing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Editor |
| Writing | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Idea |
| Production | Katsuhiko Hayashi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Suguru Sato | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Yasuhiro Kasamatsu | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shigeru Honda | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Shiho Sato | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masami Katano | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Masaru Matoike | Sound Mixer |